Welcoming thousands of new students each year, we transform lives by doing the right things — inside of our lecture theatres, and across our communities. We combine a compassionate, inclusive approach to university-level study with game-changing research that is powerful, bold, and applied throughout professional practice. We are decisive, but nuanced; confident, but thoughtful. We are meticulous and methodical. Where meaningful support is needed, we provide it — and when tough, informed decisions are required, we make them.
Our professional and short courses
Career Development
NTU’s career development courses will help you to forge a great future supporting, guiding and enabling the professional dreams of others.
Data science
Learn a new language, from Python to R with our data science courses.
Health and Allied Professions CPD courses
Our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) framework is a great way for practitioners and health service providers to meet and advance their standards of practice.
Our research, revealed
We couldn’t claim to be a leading provider of professional qualifications without the bedrock of our acclaimed research culture. It’s a symbiotic relationship, where the credentials of one inform the capacity of the other.
Our academic departments
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Criminology and Criminal Justice at NTU centres around engagement with communities and the criminal justice system. Its work reflects the University’s wider commitment to transforming people’s lives and creating opportunities.
Nottingham Institute of Education
Studying for a degree, already graduated, or planning a career change? At Nottingham Institute of Education at NTU, we offer a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in education, teacher training and childhood so that you can take the next step.
Institute of Health and Allied Professions
The Institute of Health and Allied Professions develops collaborative and innovative education and research in health, aiming to make a positive contribution to improving health for all.
NTU Psychology
With over 150 academic experts with knowledge and experience across the breadth of the discipline, NTU Psychology is one of the largest departments in the UK. We are proud to provide a friendly and collegiate environment dedicated to providing a productive space for our students and our staff to achieve their full potential and succeed in their ambitions.
Department of Social and Political Sciences
The Department of Social and Political Sciences provides a vibrant and close-knit academic community for both staff and students. A progressive, sector-leading approach to the study of politics and international relations, encourages student involvement in both traditional and practical forms of learning, and provides a host of co-curricular opportunities for development.
Department of Social Work, Care and Community
Want to make a difference? Social work and health offer some of the most rewarding, challenging and important jobs going – roles which give you the chance to meaningfully improve life for individuals, families, and even whole communities.
Upcoming events
21
Nov
Workshop on Aggression 2024
Crowne Plaza Nottingham, Wollaton Street, Nottingham, NG1 5RH
21
Nov
The Talking Circle – Alternative visions for sentencing, punishment & incarceration: a conversation
The Talking Circle, Newton Building (next to Café Newton), City Campus, Nottingham, NG1 4BU
22
Nov
The Talking Circle – Movember – a collaborative conversation with NTSU Men’s Mental Health Champions
The Talking Circle, Newton Building (next to Café Newton), City Campus, Nottingham, NG1 4BU
25
Nov
The Talking Circle – Exploring the trust deficit in public life & public institutions: police & politics
The Talking Circle, Newton Building (next to Café Newton), City Campus, Nottingham, NG1 4BU
26
Nov
The Talking Circle – Building Safer Communities: how do we tackle youth violence together?
The Talking Circle, Newton Building (next to Café Newton), City Campus, Nottingham, NG1 4BU
27
Nov
The Talking Circle – Reimagining masculinity: how might we break out of the ‘man box’?
The Talking Circle, Newton Building (next to Café Newton), City Campus, Nottingham, NG1 4BU
Latest news
Feverish monkeys get kicked when they’re down – new study explores illness and aggression in wild primates
Wed 20 Nov 2024
Study finds link between avatar gender and game play behaviour
Mon 18 Nov 2024
NTU partnership to enhance leadership qualifications for early years professionals
Tue 05 Nov 2024
The Talking Circle: Identity, Belonging, Citizenship & Mental Health
Fri 25 Oct 2024
Celebrating the Launch of the Complementary Education Network
Thu 24 Oct 2024
Mock prison cell built to give students authentic interviewing and incarceration experiences
Tue 22 Oct 2024
Our latest publications
Analysing the role of police officer strength in the crime drop in England
Crime inequalities and distributive justice during the crime drop: Evidence from England and Wales in relation to crime incidences and offenders
Constructing climate change rentierism in Jordan
Comparative optimism and cyberbullying: the role of previous involvement in cyberbullying and technology
What defines a discipline and how we teach and study it? The changing scope and role of the subject benchmark statement for politics and international relations (IR) and its implications for the teaching and study of politics and IR in higher education
Prosody and developmental dyslexia: a meta-analysis
Our course accreditations
